Paper-hanging machine.



A. WILLIAMS.

PAPER HANGING MACHINE. APPLICATION 111.313 SEPT. 13. 1912.

1,065,755. nt d June 24,1913.

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A. WILLIAMS.

PAPER HANGING MACHINE. AIVVPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 13, 1912. 1 065,755.Patented June 24,1913.

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PAPER-HANGING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 2st, 1913.

' To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT Wmnmms, a citizen of the United States,residing at St. Louis, State of Missouri, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Paper- Hanging Machines, of which the following is aspecification.

The invention relates to paper hanging, more particularly to a cuttingand affixing apparatus therefor, and has for an object to provide amachine for applying paper to a wall.

The invention embodies, among other features, a manually operablemachine including a brush or smoothing member for applying and smoothingthe paper upon the wall, with means for coating the paper with the usualpaste prior to applying the paper to the wall and also cutting the paperwhen a sufiicient amount thereof has been applied to the wall.

In the further disclosure of the invention reference is to be had to theaccompanying drawings, constituting a part of this specification, inwhich similar characters of reference denote corresponding parts in allthe views, and in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device showing the manner ofapplying the same to aflix paper to a wall; Fig. 2 is a verticalsectional view; Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse sectional view; Fig. 4is a horizontal sectional view taken on the line 4 1 in Fig. 3; and Fig.5 is an enlarged fragmentary vertical transverse sectional view taken onthe line 5-5 in Fig. 3 and showing the manner of mounting the cuttingmember.

Referring moreparticularly to the views, use is made of a rectangularshaped main frame 10 rigidly mounted on the upper end of a suitablehandle 11, the said main frame being preferably made of metal with theupper face of the main frame constructed of wood and constituting aholder 12 in which bristles 13 are secured, the mentioned holder 12 andbristles 13 together embodying a brush 14 adapted for applying the wallpaper and smoothing the same after the same has been applied to thewall.

A carriage 15 is carried by the main frame 10 and consists of asubstantially U- shaped frame 16 mounted to. swing on the main frame 10and having journaled thereon a roller 17, adapted to contact with thewall or the paper thereon for the purpose of permitting the carriage 15to be moved upwardly and downwardly on the wall, as will be hereinaftermore fully disclosed.

V A roller 18, journaled on the carriage 15, carries a roll of wallpaper 19 and journaled on the carriage 15 are a plurality of rollers 20,21, between which the wall paper 19 is fed when the same is applied tothe wall, the roller 20 having keyed thereto to rotate therewith acircular trimmer blade 1 22 operable in a groove 23 formed in the roller21 for the purpose of trimming the edge of the wall paper 19 as the sameis fed between the rollers 20, 21.

A trough 24, preferably formed of metal, is rigidly mounted on the frame16 of the carriage 15 and journaled on the frame, immediately over thetrough 21 and partially extending therein, is an affixing roller 25, thewall paper 19 after being passed between the rollers 20, 21 beingarranged to pass over the pasting roller 25 for the purpose of applyingthe usual paste to the rear or back of the wall paper, it being readilyseen that when the trough 2a is filled with a liquid paste the rotationof the roller will cause the same to take up the paste and whencontacting with the wall paper will uniformly coat the back of the wallpaper with paste or any other adhesive. In order to insure the uniformapplication of paste or adhesive upon the paper as mentioned, a roller26 is journaled in blocks 27 mounted to slide vertically in guideways28, on the inner faces of the frame 16, and expansible springs 29 havetheir lower ends engaging the blocks 27 with the upper ends of thesprings abutting against plates 30 projecting from the inner faces ofthe frame 16, thus causing the roller 26 to engage the front ordecorative side of the wall paper and hold the rear side thereof againstthe pasting roller 25 as will be readily understood, it being thus seenthat the wall paper is passed between the pasting roller 25 and theroller 26. A plurality of guide rollers 31, 32 are journaled on theframe 16 of the carriage 15 and are spaced apart, with the roll of wallpaper 19 passing beneath the roller 31, after which the roll of wallpaper is passed over the roller 32 as shown, with the free end of thewall paper lying over and upon the brush 14. It will now be seen thatwhen the device described thus far is lfi placed in operation the rollof wall paper will be held in tension between the rollers 31 and 32 inview of the fact that when the wall paper is applied to the wall a pullwill be exerted on the roll of wall paper mounted upon the roller 18 tounwind the same therefrom. Therefore, between the rollers 31 and 32 ismounted a cutting member 33 for cutting the roll of wall paper intostrips as the same is applied to the wall, the said cutting memberconsisting of a blade 3 1 mounted to swing between bearings 35 securedto one of the innerfaces of the frame 16 by passing a pin 36 through thebearings 35 and an end of the blade 34-, a torsion spring 37 beingarranged to encircle the pin 36 and connected to one of the bearings 35and the blade 3 f in order to normally hold the blade in uppermost ornoncutting position, the other end of the said blade 34: being arrangedto extend through aslot 38, formed in the other side of the frame 16, aneyelet 39 being formed on the free end, of the blade 31 and having connected thereto a suitable cord -10 which loosely depends and extendsdownwardly to a position adjacent the hands of the operator, it beingreadily understood that the handlell, carrying the main frame 10, isgrasped at the lower end thereof by the operator.

Now in the use of the device described, the free end of the roll of wallpaper, after being fed over and between the heretofore mentionedrollers, is permitted to rest upon the brush 14 and the apparatus is nowapplied to the wall so that the carriage 16 can be operated in avertical line upon the wall with the roller 17 contacting with the wallto :guide the carriage in its upward and downward movement thereon. Itwill now be seen that the main frame 10 will be tilted and thus byexerting an inward pressure on the lower part of the handle 11, the rollof wall paper adjacent the extreme end thereof will adhere to the wall aslight distance below the ceiling, after which the apparatus is movedupwardly on the wall so that the brush 1 1, engaging the decorative sideof the wall paper, will secure the extreme free end of the wall paper tothe wall at the intersection of the wall with the ceiling. A downwardmovement is now imparted to the handle, thus moving the carriage 15downwardly -and in view of the tilting position of the main frame 10,the brush still 'engaging the decorative side of the roll of wall paper,will press the same against the wall, whileat the same time the downwardmovement of the main frame and carriage will exert a pull on the wallpaper to unwind the same from the roller 18. Now? when the lowermostportion'of the wall is reached, the operator "grasps the brush 1 Landpulling downwardly thereon moves the blade 34- into cutting positionto sever the applied strip of the roll of wall paper, and which willadhere to the wall, the same having been previously coated with theusual paste or adhesive in the manner mentioned heretofore.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that in the use of thedevice described, the wall paper is placed in initial position on thewall and initially affixed thereto through the proper manipulation ofthe brush 14:, the wall paper being suitably coated with a desiredadhesive and then by the manual manipulation of the machine describedthe wall paper is firmly applied to the wall and a strip portion thereofis then severed therefrom, thus completing the operation of applying apiece of wall paper of a desired width to the face of the wall, theusual undecor-ated edge of the wallpaper being removed from the wallpaper by the trimmer 22 prior to applying any portion of the wall paperto the wall. The roller 17 can be conveniently made of rubber and thusthe mentioned roller, together with the brush 14, will securely paste orpress the 'wall paper to the wall when the device described is operated,the mentioned roller 17 constituting a squeegee to perform the desiredobject.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. Ina wall papering machine, the "combination with a main frame, of ahandle therefor, a brush carried by the main frame, a carriage mountedto swing on the main frame and adapted to receive and support a roll ofwall paper, a plurality of rollers jou'rnaled on the said carriage andhaving the said wall paper passed therebetween, a trimmer revoluble withone of the rollers and in a groove of the other roller to trim the wallpaper, -a trough on the carriage, a pasting roller journaled on thecarriageand extending within the trough with the said wall paper passingover the pasting roller to apply an adhesiveto the wall paper, acarriage roller journaled on the carriage and adapted to operate overthe wall to guide the carriage thereon, guide rollers j ournaled on thecarriage, and --a cutting member mounted on the'carr'iage andmovablethereon to cut the said wall paper into strips.

2. In a wall papering machine, 'the'combination with a main frame, of ahandle therefor, a brush carried by the main frame, a carriage mountedto swing on the main frame and adapted to receiveandsupporta trimmerrevoluble with one of the rollers and in-a groove of the other roller totrim the wall paper, a trough onthe carriage,-a

pasting roller .journaledon'the carriage and extending within the troughwith the said wall paper passed over the pasting roller to apply anadhesive to the wall paper, a carriage roller journaled on the carriageand adapted to operate over the wall to guide the carriage thereon,guide rollers journaled on the carriage, a cutting member mounted on thecarriage and movable thereon to cut the said wall paper into strips, anda springengaged roller mounted to turn and to slide on the carriage andengaging the wall paper to retain the same in contact with the saidpasting roller.

In a wall papering machine, the combination with a main frame, of abrush carried thereby, a carriage mounted to swing on the main frame andadapted to carry a roll of wall paper, a trimmer on the carriage fortrimming the roll of wall paper as the same is unwound from thecarriage, a pasting roller on the carriage for applying paste to a sideof the said wall paper, and a trimmer movable on the said carriage tocut the said wall paper into strips.

4. In a wall papering machine, the oombination with a main frame, of abrush carried thereby, a carriage mounted to swing on the main frame andadapted to carry a roll of wall paper, a trimmer on the carriage fortrimming the roll of wall paper as the same is unwound from thecarriage, a pasting roller on the carriage for applying paste to a sideof the said wall paper, a trimmer movable on the said carriage to cutthe said wall paper into strips, and a carriage roller journaled on thecarriage to engage a wall and having the said wall paper contactingtherewith.

5. In a wall papering machine, the combination with a main frame, of abrush carried thereby, a carriage mounted to swing on the main frame andadapted to carry a roll of wall paper, a trimmer on the carriage fortrimming the roll of wall paper-as the same is unwound from thecarriage, a pasting roller on the carriage for applying paste to a sideof the said wall paper, a trimmer movable on the said carriage to cutthe said wall paper into strips, a carriage roller journaled on thecarriage to engage a wall and having the said wall paper contactingtherewith, and a springengaged roller mounted to turn and to slide onthe said carriage and engaging the wall paper, adjacent the pastingroller to insure an even distribution of the said paste upon a side ofthe said wall paper.

6. In a wall papering machine, the combination with a main frame, of abrush carried thereby, a carriage movable on the main frame and adaptedto support a roll of wall paper, a trough on the carriage, a pastingroller journaled on the carriage and extending into the trough with thesaid wall paper adapted to pass over the pasting roller when the saidwall paper is unwound from the carriage, to distribute upon a side ofthe wall paper a paste in the said trough, and a cutting member movableon the said carriage for cutting the said wall paper into strips.

7. In a wall pa'pering machine. the combination with a main frame, of abrush carried thereby, a carriage movable on the main frame and adaptedto support a roll of wall paper, a trough on the carriage, a pastingroller journaled on the carriage and extending into the trough with thesaid wall paper adapted to pass over the pasting roller when'the saidwall paper is unwound from the carriage, to distribute upon a side ofthe wall paper a paste in the said trough, a cutting member movable onthe said earriage for cutting the said wall paper into strips, and acarriage roller journals-d on the carriage for guiding the same alongthe wall.

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature in presence of two-witnesses.

ALBERT WILLIAMS.

Witnesses:

THOS. P. MACAULEY, KATE MACAULEY.

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